Dorothea Nelda Wehling  age 102, died Thursday, June 2, 2022 at the Anamosa Care Center

A visitation will be held from 10:00 until 11:00 Tuesday morning, June 7, 2022 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Anamosa with burial services at the Wayne Zion Cemetery. By visiting Goettschonline.com you may share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Dorothea's family and sign the online guest book.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to your favorite charity.

Those left to honor her memory include her two children, Robert (Carol) Wehling, of Anamosa and Marigene (Tom) Shannon, of Monticello, Iowa; four grandchildren: Randy (Cathy) Wehling, Rod  (Cori) Wehling, Jeff (Lisa) Shannon and Doug (Crystal) Shannon; ten great grandchildren: Katie (Jordan), Mitch (Taryn), Heidi, Trevor, Keanan (Olivia), Kyler, Kailey, Kaden, Amanda (Kurtis) and Garrett; and three great-great grandchildren: Miles, Harper and Finleigh.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Carl in 1974, a grandson Daniel, and siblings, Leona Glenn, Eloise Thomsen, Vernon and Richard Schellin.

Dorothea Nelda  Schellin was born September 10, 1919 near Olin, Iowa    She was the daughter of William and Hazel Clark Schellin.  Dorothea graduated from the Olin High School in 1938.   She worked in Davenport and later at the Reliance Shirt Factory in Anamosa.  Dorothea married Carl Wehling on April 22, 1941 at the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, rural Monticello.   She was a farm wife for many years.  When she started working off the farm, Dorothea  worked at the Olin Corners Restaurant and then at the Monticello Senior Home in the laundry department.   She enjoyed sewing, crafts, babysitting grand and great-grandchildren, and bus trips.

The family would like to thank the staff at Anamosa Care Center for all the wonderful care they gave Dorothea the past 9 years.